Our Company

Independent for over 70 years, Milliman delivers market-leading services and solutions to clients worldwide. With no agenda, other than getting it right.

Through a team of professionals ranging from actuaries to clinicians, technology specialists to plan administrators, we offer unparalleled expertise in employee benefits, investment consulting, healthcare, life insurance and financial services, and property and casualty insurance.

Education

Current Responsibility

Valerie is a senior health consultant with Milliman's Northwest Health and Welfare practice and works out of the Portland, Oregon, office. She joined Milliman in 2011 after seven years of healthcare consulting at other national employee benefits firms.

Prior to her career as a consultant, she had more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare delivery system, including positions as in-house benefits administrator to an international maritime union, managed care contracting specialist, and center director for a regional behavioral health system.

Experience

Valerie has experience with corporate, multiemployer, and public employer clients and has consulted to boards of directors, special committees, financial directors and staff, administrative directors and staff, and collectively bargained groups.

Her diverse experience allows her to assist with a range of issues and activities:

Soliciting and negotiating renewals from health vendors for insured and self-funded plans

Presenting self-funded financial analysis and cost projections

Researching and locating appropriate vendors, including preparing requests for proposals and conducting reviews and analysis

Consulting on a variety of insured health products, including:

Medical

Stop-loss reinsurance

Prescription drug

Dental

Vision

Wellness

Coordinating with plan advisors, attorneys and providers on behalf of the client

Supporting and troubleshooting on vendor service issues

Researching and sharing new vendor products and services as appropriate

Valerie is familiar with regulatory requirements on a state and national level, and has assisted Milliman's Washington Employee Benefits Research Group in drafting client notices on Affordable Care Act guidance. She has also worked with clients on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services applications and the Retiree Drug Subsidy process.

Careers

Insight

For more than seven decades, Milliman has combined technical
expertise with business acumen to create elegant solutions
for our clients.

Today, we are helping companies take on
some of the world's most critical and complex issues, including retirement
funding and healthcare financing, risk management and regulatory compliance,
data analytics and business transformation.